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My desktop is Displaying my icons with vectors.. Help!

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Deekay213

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Sep 19, 2007
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Hello and Good Afternoon to all. This is my first post but not last> Well the reason im here is because ive been having a problem with my Desktop displaying icons and movies in quicktime for some reason i get Dots and lines behind every icon and mouse arrow like a photoshop vector. Even on quicktime i get the lines here is an example:

test.jpg


is this a OSX error? I know its not my graphics card since I dont get the lines when i watch movies using VLC player or on Youtube videos only on apple software...

Can you guys please help?

Thanks!:D
 
I looks like it's just in the dock, correct? Are you running some sort of dock skinning program? If so, perhaps it's no longer compatible and needs to be updated.
 
I have a X950 ATI it was upgraded and i havent used no DOCK programs. I get it on my desktop and on my Quicktime Screen. Even the mouse arrow has vectors...:confused:
 
I have the color depth set to Millions. Its weird because sometimes it goes away and my desktop looks normal then after a few minutes i get thoose damn vectors again...:confused:
 
Are you running any kind of transparent dock or cleardock applications?

Also is there any way to post an example of what's happening in Quicktime?

Also, just to be overly basic... does this problem survive a reboot?
 
looks like a corrupt image cache of some sort.

it's certainly not his graphics card being "not powerful enough." that's a silly comment. OS X reverts to software rendering if a graphics card can't process the image effects it is asked to do. Even a first generation iMac has sufficient graphical "power" to render the dock.

It could be something wrong with the graphics driver, though. maybe a quickdraw problem?

Try switching accounts and see if you can replicate the problem. If you only have one account, make another one for testing.

If it doesn't happen on another account, that rules out any sort of hardware problem. next step is the usual repair permissions, zap pram, reset preferences, etc.

If the effect only happens on one login, then it's probably a preference file that's borking things up.

I suspect that you'll be able to replicate the problem in a different account, though. Has the x950 been modified in any way?

and by the way, i wouldn't call these "vectors." vectors are shapes created through the use of lines, curves and coordinates. This also has nothing to do with aliasing or the lack thereof.

It appears to be a problem rendering the alpha channels in the icons themselves. If you can post a photo of the effect as it happens in quicktime, that would be helpful, as well. Be as detailed as possible in your descriptions of what happens when.
 
Hey guys i really appreciated all the help you guys are giving me its awesome!

Here is a snapshot of my quicktime. This is how it appears when i open a screen:

Quicktime.jpg


And when i play a movie the image gets crazy and the audio goes nuts! The same problem happens with DVD Player but when i use VLC player or Youtube player everything comes out perfect... with no vectors or lines and perfect audio.

"Ive tried making a new account and messing with the settings as well as constant reboots but still no luck... :( "
 
From that last screen shot it looks like you have a theme installed. That could be what is messing up your dock.
 
Quicktime and the dock both use the graphics card for rendering, whereas youtube and VLC don't.

To me it looks like corruption on the graphics card (possibly bad memory or overheating). I suggest switching another one in if you can and see if the problem persists.

If it goes away with a different graphics card, then there is your problem.

Edit: Just so you know where I'm coming from with this, my old Radeon 9800 Pro had an overheating problem in 3D games. Graphics got messed up like that after awhile and slowly got worse. Anything that wasn't accelerated by the graphics card was fine however (like youtube videos and vlc).
 
Sounds like it might be my graphics card I'm going to disable some settings and reboot...
 
classic overheating issues.

get smcfancontrol and crank up the fans a while and see what happens.
 
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